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mjór

lýsingarorð
, mjó, mjótt, with a characteristic v, which reappears before a vowel, thus mjóvan, mjóvar, mjóvir, mjóvum; often spelt with f, mjófan, ; in usage by elision, mjóan, The forms vary in three ways, mjór, mjár, mær, analogous to sjór, sjár, sær, α. mjár, mjá, mjátt; mjá ( ), 201, and foot-note 21; mjár farvegr, ix. 366, ; mjátt, 55, Thom. 153; miaua (= mjáva) vatni, i. 81. β. mær; mævar skeiðir, the slim, narrow ships, i. 170 (in a verse),—certainly thus, not as explained in p. 567, col. 1; as also mævar hlaupsíldr, the slim herrings, in Eyvind’s verse ( i. 185); in me-fingr = mæ-fingr = mjó-fingr, taper-fingered, epithet of a lady, : af þeim meiði er mer ( mær) sýndisk, of the twig which was slim to behold, ; in the spelling of Reg. of e, ę, or æ are all written with the letter e, so that mér (mihi) and mær (tenuis) would all be spelt alike; this reading was suggested as early as by Rask in the edition of 1818, see Bugge’s remarks in Philol. Tidsskr. 6th vol.: in Mæv-eið (= the narrow isthmus) in Shetland, Mk. 98, called Mawid in a Videsse of 1516 ; at present Mawie or Mavis-grind, as to another isthmus called Brae, Breið-eið = the Broad isthmus; also Moorness = the little ness, in Shetl.
II. , an older form mjóvari, mjávari, Ýt.; mjóvastr, but obsolete, and replaced by a contracted mjóri, mjóstr, in usage mjórri, mjóstr.B. Thin, slim, taper; svá mjó, so slim in the waist, ii. 168; mjórar konu, (in a verse); mjóva mey, ; mjótt band, 20; mjór kvistr, iii. 33; með mjófu járni, 238; mjór Mistilteinn, ; mjófum knífsoddi, 144; mjófum fléttingum, 335; yxn mjá ok mjök visin, 201; þar sem hann var mjóstr, vii. 264:—of cloth, stiku breið en eigi mjóri, i. 498; jaðarflá vara eðr mjó, 499; sitja mjótt, 38 new : sayings, mjór er mikils vísir, v. 176 (in a verse); mjótt er mundangs-hóf, i. (in a verse), 55 (mjátt).
2. narrow; stigrinn var mjór ok þröngr, 48; skipit var heldr mjótt, ii. 50; mjótt sund, 83; mjór farvegr, ix. 366; grafir djúpari ok mjóri, 426: a nickname, Mjóvi, the Slim, or en Mjóva. II. in local names, Mjóvi-dalr, Mjóvi-fjörðr, Mjóva-nes, Mjó-sund or Mý-syndi, Mysunde in Slesvig; Mæv-eið, Munch’s Norg. Beskr.
C. : mjó-beina or mjó-beinn, slim leg, a nickname, , mjó-eygr, narrow-eyed, of one whose eyes are set close together, 258, see the remarks auga. mjóf-dœlingr, a man from Mjóvidalr, mjó-fingraðr, taper-fingered, (Bugge), of a lady. mjó-hljóðaðr, thin-voiced. mjó-hryggr, the small of the back. mjó-hundr, [ mynde], a greyhound, 81. mjó-leitr, narrow-faced, referring to the distance between the eyes, Bergb.-þ. 124, ii. 118. mjó-nefr, thin nose, a nickname for a close man, 31. mjó-skíð, the slim wand, for this must be the true reading in the verse in , the miðskipa of the = miôsciþa; and mjóskið rökra = the slim twilight wand, = a taper, is a circumlocution of a lady’s name, Ey-kyndill (= Island-taper), mjó-slegin, beaten thin. ii. 581. mjó-syndi, a narrow sound, straight lane, see above.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
  • fem.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • neut.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • etc.et cetera.
  • mod.modern.
  • acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • v. l.varia lectio.
  • i. e.id est.
  • Cod.Codex.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • A. D.Anno Domini.
  • opp.opposed.
  • cp.compare.
  • compar.miðstig (e. comparative)
  • superl.efsta stig (e. superlative)
  • Ed.edition, editions, edited.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
  • s. v.sub voce.
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • MSS.manuscript, manuscripts.
  • poët.poetically.
  • part.lýsingarháttur (e. participle)
  • Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
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  • Js.Járnsíða. (B. III.)
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